{"product_id":"9780141032153","title":"State of Emergency : Britain, 1970-1974","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Sandbrook, Dominic \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/05\/2011,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 768 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780141032153,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eState of Emergency : Britain 1970-74 is a brilliant history of the gaudy, schizophrenic atmosphere of the early Seventies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The early 1970s were the age of gloom and glam. Under Edward Heath, the optimism of the Sixties had become a distant memory. Now the headlines were dominated by social unrest, fuel shortages, unemployment and inflation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe seventies brought us miners' strikes, blackouts, IRA atrocities, tower blocks and the three-day week, yet they were also years of stunning change and cultural dynamism, heralding a social revolution that gave us celebrity footballers, high-street curry houses, package holidays, gay rights, green activists and progressive rock; the world of Enoch Powell and Tony Benn, David Bowie and Brian Clough, Germaine Greer and Mary Whitehouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDominic Sandbrook's State of Emergency is the perfect guide to a luridly colourful Seventies landscape that shaped our present, from the financial boardroom to the suburban bedroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Hugely entertaining, always compelling, often hilarious' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Sunday Telegraph  'Thrillingly panoramic ... he vividly re-creates the texture of everyday life in a thousand telling details' Francis Wheen, Observer  'Masterly ... nothing escapes his gaze' Independent on Sunday  'Splendidly readable ... his almost pitch-perfect ability to recreate the mood and atmospherics of the time is remarkable' Economist\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697750442028,"sku":"9780141032153","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780141032153.jpg?v=1722602307","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780141032153","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}